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NASB | Matthew 16:28 ¶ "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:28 ¶ "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." |
Bible Question:
Hello Tom, I will ask you the same questions. Why 70 A.D.? Matt. 16:28; explain 'some'. In 70 A.D. John was the only one alive. Then His Coming in 70 A.D. would be contradicting Jesus. Matt 24:34; 'generation' as a period of time or time frame thereby saying Jesus was predicting His Coming. Only the Father knows as you pointed out.Jesus did not and could not reveal any more than what the Father warranted Him to reveal.(John 17:8, John 15:15, John 8:26) Jesus was under the authority of the Father.(John 12:48, John 12:50, John 5:30, John 5:19, John 8:28, John 14:10, John 15:10, John 14:24, John 17:14) Christ was the Mediator of the Father's Will. Remember Acts 1:7 and Mark 13:33. To reveal more would be a sin, right? If Jesus came back as King of kings, and Lord of lords In 70 A.D. did the MT. of Olive split in half? (Zech. 14:4) Did everybody in the world see Him? (Matt. 24:30) What about the sun, moon, stars , and the powers of heaven shaken? (Matt. 24:29) As we do not know when Jesus is to return are we not suppose to be in readiness, watchfulness, prayerfulness with our hearts on things above (Luke 12:34) and not things of the world (Matt. 6:24-33). It has not been two days since Jesus was here. ( 2 Peter 3:8) In Quest of Truth, Brian |
Bible Answer: Hi Brian, Sorry, I misunderstood the focus of your question to be, why is the study of Jesus predictions and 70 AD of importance? Was John the only one left? Not long ago I searched for info on disciples' deaths and found a virtual void. What is your source for this? Of possible interest to you might be http://www.preteristarchive.com/Books/1878_russell_parousia/russell_parousia_03d.html : Opening of the Seventh Seal, continues Russell's commentary, Rev. 8 through 11. The last trumpet sounds, the Judgement is come. He says the two witnesses were Jesus brother James and Peter. He rejects as a fable the claim that Peter was crucified upside down - at his request so as not to die in the same manner as Jesus - in Rome by order of Nero. Cited as proof of Peter's crucifixion is Jesus' prediction of Peter's martydom at John 21:18, but the language does not indicate crucifixion as the means. And I think it highly unlikely that the evil despot Nero would find mercy to grant Peter's request. Now, this is not proof of course but the conclusions of the commentator, and to me a plausible scenario that would match the Truth spoken by Jesus. I beleive the disciples hearing Jesus say to them, "34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." could have had no other understanding than that their generation - them and others living at that time - were the ones meant, and that after all signs detailed from verse 4-33 were fulfilled, then would be His Coming. I agree He couldn't reveal more than the Father would allow and to do so would be to sin. Moreover, to say He didn't know if He did know would also be a sin. During His transformation to human form, He had to have had many of man's limitations. He truly didn't know the day and hour. And He was tempted, experienced the emotions of a man, and felt pain, oh what pain! No the Mt. of Olive has not split, nor has the sun went dark, etc. But if it were ever to happen, it would be the end of life on earth then eventually our solar system at the least. Wouldn't that mean that God has broken the promise made in Gen. 8:21,22? Since I don't see that as possible I have to conclude this type language is figurative or symbolic. Matt. 24:30 "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." appear - phaino: can mean to be seen but also to appear to the mind, seem to one's judgment or opinion. tribe - phule: a tribe, in the NT all the persons descending from one of the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob, a nation, people. earth - ge: can mean earth as a whole but also a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region. As far as I know no one has ever suggested OT descriptions of God coming in the clouds was a literal visible event. I beleive Jesus return in judgement happened in 70AD, but I agree it is still imperative we be ready to meet our Maker for we know not when that might be. Two days for us or for God? Tom |